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New York State's Lessons on Preventing a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy | History News Network

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Bruce Dearstyne: Attacks on courts peak in times of stress and social change. He says New York's high court was more progressive than many of its state counterparts or the U.S. Supreme Court. But it was criticized for what it did not do, he says, not asserting a common law right to personal privacy.

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New York State's Lessons on Preventing a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy | History News Network

New York Court of Appeals, Albany. Architect Henry Rector (1842) Public concern about recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion, religious rights and other hot button issues is on the rise. Before the court began its current term last fall, a number of its justices took the highly unusual step of pleading for public understanding. Their court is just following the Constitution, the law, and judicial precedent, they say. Angry critics are so fa…

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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